U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is hoping to solidify his front-runner status in the race for his party’s nomination with strong showings in Tuesday’s caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. Romney held a rally Tuesday in Colorado, where he appears poised to win. But polls in Minnesota have suggested former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum could […]
US Republican Presidential Race Moves to Colorado, Minnesota
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Greek Police Clash with Striking Workers Protesting Austerity Measures
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Greek police clashed Tuesday with some of the thousands of striking workers in Athens protesting the latest austerity measures the government is seeking to impose to meet the demands of the country’s international creditors. Some demonstrators charged the steps of parliament and threw rocks at police, who fired tear gas at the protesters and hit […]
US Urges Iranian Dissidents to Decide on Move to Iraqi Transit Center
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
The Obama administration is urging a group of Iranian dissidents living in northeastern Iraq to make a decision about moving to a new transit center near Baghdad as part of a U.N.-backed process of resettling them in third countries. U.S. State Department official Daniel Fried says U.S. and Iraqi officials discussed the proposed transit center […]
Russian Foreign Minister Meets Syria’s Assad as Violence Continues
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
Russia’s foreign minister says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will push ahead with promised reforms and soon set a date for a referendum on a new constitution aimed at broadening political participation. He spoke after the two met in Damascus to discuss the country’s escalating violence. Russian state media Tuesday quoted Sergei Lavrov as saying Mr. […]
Sudan Rebels Free Kidnapped Chinese Workers
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Twenty-nine Chinese workers kidnapped in Sudan have been freed, 11 days after they were taken hostage by rebels in Southern Kordofan state. The Red Cross flew the workers from the Kauda area in Southern Kordofan on Tuesday to Nairobi where they were handed over to Chinese embassy officials. Rebels with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North […]
California Court Rules Voter-Approved Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
A California appeals court has ruled that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The three-member panel issued the ruling Tuesday in San Francisco. The vote was 2-to-1, with the two judges appointed by Democrats voting to overturn the ban, while the judge appointed by a Republican voted in favor of the ban. The […]
Catholic Bishops Told Stop Listening to Accused Priests
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Roman Catholic leaders are being told the time has come to eliminate church sanctioned safe-havens for clergy accused of sexually abusing children. Psychologists and a victim of a pedophile priest spoke Tuesday at a closed-door, church sponsored symposium calling on the Catholic Church to listen to victims instead of its own priests. Monsignor Stephen Rossetti […]
Obama Promotes Investment in Math, Science Education
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is requesting $80 million in new funds for an effort to boost science, technology, engineering and math education in U.S. schools. The White House announced the initiative Tuesday as President Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair. He credited the young participants in the fair with “getting America in shape […]
Greek Police Clash with Striking Workers Protesting Austerity Measures
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Greek police clashed Tuesday with some of the thousands of striking workers in Athens protesting the latest austerity measures the government is seeking to impose to meet the demands of the country’s international creditors. Some demonstrators charged the steps of parliament and threw rocks at police, who fired tear gas at the protesters and hit […]
Maldives President Resigns Following Police Mutiny, Protests
Posted February 7th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
The Maldives’ first democratically elected president has resigned and been replaced by his vice president, following weeks of opposition protests over the controversial arrest of a senior judge. Mohamed Nasheed told the country in a televised speech Tuesday that he was stepping down as president because he had no desire to use force to maintain […]
